Tender for traction-engines.



Patented Feb.

Jfl V W III- ' U. A. SHIREY.

TENDER FOR TRACTION ENGINES.

[Application filed Dec 14, 1001.}.

(N0 M odel UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ULYSSIS A. SHIREY, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

TENDER FOR TRACTION-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,074, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed December 14, 1901. Serial No. 85,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ULYSSIS A. SHIREY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tenders for Traction-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to traction-engine tenders, and has for its general object to provide a tender having a turning-gear adapted to be connected to and operate in concert with the front axle of a traction-engine, whereby when the axle is turned the direction of movement of the wheels of the tender will be changed and guiding of the apparatus as a whole materially facilitated.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view,partlyin sideelevation and partly in section,illustrating a traction-engine and myimp'roved tenderconnected therewith; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a transverse section of the tender with one of the wheels and its spindle in elevation, and Fig. 4 a detail enlarged section taken in the plane indicated by the line 4: 4 of Fig. 2.

In the said drawings similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the several views, referring to which- A is a traction-engine, the front axle B of which is pivoted at its middle and is adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane to guide the engine by the ordinary or any other approved means.

Ois the body of my improved tender, which in the preferred embodiment of theinvention is made up of a longitudinal central beam at, upper and lower cross-bars b 0, connected at their middles to the rear end of the beam a, and upper and lower braces 61 e, interposed between and connecting the ends of the crossbars and the forward portion of the beam at.

D D are bolsters arranged on and connected to the body; E, a water-tank seated in the said bolsters, and F a fuel-receptacle disposed above and connected to the'water-tank. The water-tank and the receptacle for fuel may be of any suitable construction and may be connected to the body in any approved man her without departing from the scope of my invention.

G G are the traveling wheels of the tender, and H H are the spindles bearing said wheels. These spindles are provided at an intermediate point of their length with enlargements f, which are interposed between the crossbars 21 c and pivotally connected thereto by bolts g or other suitable pintles. The inner ends of the spindles are connected by bars or rods I to an equalizer-bar J, fulcrumed on and preferably disposed below the bodybeam (2 at the forward end thereof. Said rods I, which extend in advance of the bar J, are also connected by rods K to the axle B of the traction-engine. In order that the throw of the spindles H and the wheels G thereon may be readily regulated, I provide either arm of the equalizer bar J with a plurality of apertures h, disposed at difierent distances from the fulcrum-point of said bar. These apertures h are designed to receive the pintles t, which connect the rods I to the bar J, and it will be readily observed that the throw of the spindles and wheels of the tender will be in proportion to the distance between the fulcrum-point of bar J and the pintles 11.

At its forward end the longitudinal central beam at of the bodyO is connected by a kingbolt L to the rear portion of the engine A, and at its rear end said beam is equipped with an eye M or other suitable means for the connection of the separator or other machine to be drawn behind the tender. With the ten der coupled to the traction-engine and connected with the front axle B thereof in the manner shown and described it will be observed that when the said front axle B is turned in one direction, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.- 2, by the ordinary or any other suitable means the spindles H and wheels G thereon will be caused to assume the positions shown also by dotted lines in said figure, and in consequence the engine and tender will be enabled to make a very short turn. When the axle B is turned or swung in the opposite direction, the spindles H will also be swung; but their positions will be the reverse of those shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will also be observed that by reason of the leverage afforded by my improvements but little more power is required to turn the axle B and the spindles H than is required to turn the axle B, which is materially advantageous, since it contributes to the facility with which the apparatus as a whole may be guided.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that notwithstanding the fact that my improvements are calculated to enable the engine and tender to make short turns and materially facilitate guiding of the same they are very simple and inexpensive and add but a minimum to the cost of the tender; also, that the improvements embrace no delicate parts such as are likely to get out of order after a short period of use.

I have entered into a detailed description of the'construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to im part a full, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to suchspecific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall Within the scope of my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to soon re by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of a traction-engine, a tender coupled thereto and having spindles fulcrumed at an intermediate point of their length so as to swing in a horizontal plane and. bearing traveling and supporting wheels, an equalizing-bar disposed at a point intermediate of the spindles of the tender and the front axle of the engine, and fulcrumed at an intermediate point of its length so as to the ends of said bars and the forward portion of the beam, spindles having enlargements at an intermediate point of their length interposed between and pivotally connected to the cross-bars of the body, wheels on the outer arms of the spindles, an equalizer-bar fulcrumed on the longitudinal central beam of the body, and connections between said bar and the inner arms of the spindles.

3. The combination of a traction-engine, a tender comprising a body coupled to the traction-engine, spindles fulcrumed at an intermediate point of their length on the body, traveling and supporting wheels on the outer arms of the spindles, an equalizing-bar fulcrumed onthe body so as to swing horizontally, rods connecting the inner arms of the spindles and the equalizing-bar, and extend ing in advance of the latter, and rods connecting the extended portions of the firstnamed rods and the axle of the traction-engine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

ULYSSIS A. SHIREY.

Witnesses:

FRANK ZELENKA, JAMES L. CALDWELL. 

